September 25

September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

Events

• 275 – In Rome, (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.
• 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
• 1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England.
• 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
• 1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
• 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
• 1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
• 1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City.
• 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
• 1790 – Peking opera is born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
• 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
• 1846 – U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
• 1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.
• 1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
• 1906 – In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.
• 1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• 1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
• 1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
• 1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
• 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
• 1942 – World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
• 1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
• 1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
• 1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
• 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• 1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
• 1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
• 1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo Affair.
• 1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
• 1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
• 1970 – Ceasefire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9.
• 1974 – The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John.
• 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
• 1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
• 1981 – Belize joins the United Nations.
• 1983 – Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since World War II and in British history.
• 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
• 2003 – The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.

Births

• 1358 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1408)
• 1403 – Louis III of Naples (d. 1434)
• 1525 – Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (d. 1584)
• 1599 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (d. 1667)
• 1644 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1710)
• 1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (d. 1711)
• 1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (d. 1764)
• 1694 – Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
• 1711 – Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
• 1738 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (d. 1789)
• 1741 – Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (d. 1805)
• 1744 – Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797)
• 1758 – Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1820)
• 1764 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor (d. 1793)
• 1766 – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1822)
• 1771 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (d. 1829)
• 1773 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (d. 1856)
• 1782 – Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (d. 1824)
• 1798 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (d. 1874)
• 1816 – Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (d. 1893)
• 1825 – William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (d. 1888)
• 1825 – Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (d. 1879)
• 1839 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (d. 1904)
• 1862 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (d. 1897)
• 1862 – Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952)
• 1866 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
• 1867 – Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (d. 1963)
• 1881 – Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (d. 1936)
• 1888 – Hanna Ralph, German actress (d. 1978)
• 1889 – Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (d. 1930)
• 1893 – Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (d. 1990)
• 1897 – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
• 1898 – Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981)
• 1900 – Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1937)
• 1901 – Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1901 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (d. 1970)
• 1906 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (d. 1962)
• 1906 – Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (d. 1996)
• 1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1910 – Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (d. 1980)
• 1911 – Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (d. 1953)
• 1916 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968)
• 1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Norman Ayrton, English actor and director
• 1924 – Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Aldo Ray, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author
• 1930 – Elsa Aguirre, Mexican actress
• 1930 – Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti
• 1930 – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999)
• 1931 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
• 1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982)
• 1932 – Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager
• 1932 – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1933 – Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Josef Němec, Czech boxer (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Ian Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1934 – Jean Sorel, French actor
• 1936 – Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
• 1936 – Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali
• 1937 – Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
• 1938 – Ron Hill, English runner and businessman
• 1938 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Enn Tarto, Estonian politician
• 1939 – Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
• 1939 – David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
• 1940 – Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author
• 1941 – Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
• 1942 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (d. 1976)
• 1942 – Robert Miano, American actor and producer
• 1942 – Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
• 1942 – John Taylor, English pianist and educator (d. 2015)
• 1942 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (d. 2008)
• 1943 – Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
• 1943 – John Locke, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
• 1943 – Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
• 1943 – Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
• 1944 – Doris Matsui, American politician
• 1944 – Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (d. 2009)
• 1945 – Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
• 1945 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1946 – Felicity Kendal, English actress
• 1946 – Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1998)
• 1946 – Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
• 1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer
• 1946 – Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer
• 1946 – Jerry Penrod, American bass player
• 1947 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress
• 1947 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter
• 1948 – Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman
• 1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
• 1949 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer
• 1951 – Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter
• 1951 – Graeme Knowles, English bishop
• 1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1951 – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
• 1952 – Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor
• 1952 – Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager
• 1952 – bell hooks, American author and activist
• 1952 – Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
• 1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor
• 1952 – Chris Pond, English politician
• 1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (d. 2004)
• 1953 – Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer
• 1953 – Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet
• 1954 – Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
• 1954 – Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (d. 2014)
• 1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1954 – Tim Smit, Dutch-English gardener and businessman
• 1955 – Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)
• 1955 – Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
• 1955 – Luanne Rice, American author and activist
• 1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
• 1955 – Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1956 – W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
• 1956 – Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
• 1956 – Kim Thompson, American publisher (d. 2013)
• 1957 – Michael Madsen, American actor and producer
• 1957 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (d. 2014)
• 1958 – Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
• 1959 – Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1961 – Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress
• 1961 – Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
• 1961 – Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer
• 1962 – Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (d. 2010)
• 1962 – Aida Turturro, American actress
• 1962 – Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach
• 1963 – Tate Donovan, American actor
• 1963 – Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author
• 1964 – Gary Ayles, English race car driver
• 1964 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
• 1964 – Rebecca Gablé, German novelist
• 1964 – Chris Impellitteri, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1964 – Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
• 1964 – Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
• 1965 – Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
• 1965 – Gordon Currie, Canadian actor
• 1965 – Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1965 – Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter
• 1965 – Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
• 1965 – Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
• 1965 – Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1965 – Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer
• 1966 – Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator
• 1966 – Todd Philcox, American football player
• 1967 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer
• 1968 – John A. List, American economist and academic
• 1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
• 1968 – John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1969 – Bill Simmons, American journalist and author
• 1969 – Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1969 – Tony Womack, American baseball player
• 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
• 1970 – Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist
• 1970 – Kerri Kendall, American model and actress
• 1970 – Dean Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
• 1971 – John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Seb Sanders, English jockey
• 1972 – Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1973 – Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 – Jenny Chapman, English politician
• 1974 – Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 – Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
• 1974 – Richie Edwards, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (d. 2008)
• 1974 – Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager
• 1974 – Daniel Alexander Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist
• 1974 – Frank Leder, German fashion designer
• 1974 – Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1974 – Eric Moss, American football player
• 1974 – Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
• 1974 – Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
• 1975 – Declan Donnelly, English entertainer
• 1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
• 1975 – Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach
• 1976 – Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1976 – Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
• 1976 – Eric Roberson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 – Clea DuVall, American actress
• 1977 – Kiyoshi Ijichi, Japanese drummer
• 1977 – Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
• 1977 – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1978 – Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer
• 1978 – Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
• 1978 – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
• 1978 – Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
• 1978 – Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1978 – Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1979 – Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (d. 2012)
• 1979 – Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1979 – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
• 1979 – Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player
• 1981 – Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player
• 1981 – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
• 1981 – Perfume Genius, American singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Gemma Garrett, Northern Irish actress, model and political candidate; Miss Great Britain 2007
• 1981 – Angelo Palombo, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Shane Tutmarc, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1983 – Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 – Terrance Pennington, American football player
• 1984 – Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer
• 1985 – Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer
• 1985 – Marvin Matip, German footballer
• 1986 – Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
• 1986 – Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
• 1986 – Marten Strauch, German rugby player
• 1986 – Steve Forrest, American drummer
• 1986 – Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
• 1987 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
• 1988 – Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer
• 1989 – Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor
• 1989 – Samantha Murray, English pentathlete
• 1989 – Aldon Smith, American football player
• 1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
• 1990 – Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer
• 1991 – Emmy Clarke, American actress
• 1991 – Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
• 1992 – Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
• 1992 – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
• 1992 – Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
• 1993 – Toby Greene, Australian footballer
• 1994 – Mashu Baker, Japanese judoka
• 1995 – Ryan Beatty, American singer
• 1995 – Caitlin Fields, American figure skater
• 1996 – Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer

Deaths

• 744 – Yazid III, Umayyad caliph (b. 701)
• 1066 – Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex
• 1066 – Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (b. 1015)
• 1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025)
• 1333 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shogun (b. 1301)
• 1396 – Jean de Carrouges, French knight (b. 1330)
• 1396 – Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (b. 1341)
• 1496 – Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1447)
• 1506 – Philip I of Castile (b. 1478)
• 1534 – Pope Clement VII (b. 1478)
• 1536 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (b. 1511)
• 1550 – Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (b. 1490)
• 1602 – Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (b. 1525)
• 1617 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (b. 1572)
• 1617 – Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1548)
• 1626 – Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (b. 1555)
• 1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1569)
• 1665 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (b. 1610)
• 1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (b. 1658)
• 1774 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (b. 1714)
• 1777 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1728)
• 1791 – William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (b. 1719)
• 1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (b. 1710)
• 1794 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (b. 1718)
• 1828 – Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (b. 1783)
• 1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
• 1867 – Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (b. 1812)
• 1893 – Louise von François, German author (b. 1817)
• 1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (b. 1832)
• 1900 – John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (b. 1817)
• 1901 – Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (b. 1835)
• 1905 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (b. 1853)
• 1917 – Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, and rebel commander (b. 1885)
• 1918 – Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857)
• 1926 – Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862)
• 1928 – Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (b. 1863)
• 1929 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1933 – Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1939 – Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1885)
• 1941 – Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1943 – Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
• 1946 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (b. 1879)
• 1958 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Emily Post, American author and educator (b. 1873)
• 1961 – Frank Fay American actor and singer (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891)
• 1968 – Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (b. 1898)
• 1971 – Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 – John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1980 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1980 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883)
• 1983 – Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
• 1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1897)
• 1986 – Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1986 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1987 – Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1987 – Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (b. 1937)
• 1988 – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (b. 1909)
• 1990 – Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1897)
• 1991 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (b. 1912)
• 1992 – Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (b. 1961)
• 1995 – Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1928)
• 1995 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (b. 1891)
• 1997 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (b. 1953)
• 2003 – Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2003 – George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Edward Said, Palestinian-American philosopher and critic (b. 1935)
• 2005 – Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1956)
• 2005 – George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (b. 1912)
• 2005 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (b. 1920)
• 2006 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957)
• 2007 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (b. 1919)
• 2007 – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2012 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Neşet Ertaş, Turkish singer-songwriter and bağlama player (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Andy Williams, American singer (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (b. 1945)
• 2013 – José Montoya, American poet and academic (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
• 2015 – Pat Dunne, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1943)
• 2015 – John Galvin, American general (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (b. 1939)
• 2016 – José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1992)
• 2016 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
• Christian feast day:
  • Abadir and Iraja and companions (Coptic Church)
  • Cadoc
  • Ceolfrith
  • Cosmas and Damian (Roman Catholic Church in Canada)
  • Finbarr
  • Lancelot Andrewes (Calendar of saints (Church of England)
  • Sergius of Radonezh (repose)
  • September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Maple Leaf Day can fall, while September 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in September. (Canada)
• Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
• National Youth Day (Nauru)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to September 25.

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada